English
Etymology
hair + pin , 1788 (as hair pin ). Adjective sense 1906 in hairpin turn etc.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
hairpin (plural hairpins )
A pin or fastener for the hair.
( biology ) A kind of ribozyme ; hairpin ribozyme .
( chiefly attributive ) A very tight bend in a road.
2009 , Bob Sehlinger, Grant Rafter, Beyond Disney (page 280)
The variety of angles in the course, from slow bends to hairpins , will both test your skill as a driver and allow you the opportunity to pass other carts.
( music ) An elongated v-shaped sign placed underneath a staff to indicate a crescendo
Derived terms
Translations
pin or fastener for the hair
Afrikaans: haarnaald
Arabic:
Gulf Arabic: ماشة f ( māša )
Bulgarian: фиба (bg) f ( fiba ) , фуркет (bg) m ( furket )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 釵 / 钗 (zh) ( chāi ) , 钗 (zh) ( chāi ) , 簪 (zh) ( zān ) , 髮夾 / 发夹 (zh) ( fàjiā ) , 发夹 (zh) ( fàjiā, fǎjiá ) , 髮卡 / 发卡 (zh) , 发卡 (zh) ( fàqiǎ )
Dutch: haarspeld (nl) f , haarnaald f
Finnish: hiusneula (fi)
French: épingle à cheveux (fr) f , épingle (fr) f
German: Haarnadel (de) f
Greek: φουρκέτα (el) f ( fourkéta )
Irish: pionna gruaige m , biorán gruaige m
Italian: forcina (it) f
Japanese: ヘアピン ( heapin )
Korean: 머리핀 ( meoripin )
Latin: crīnāle n , discerniculum n
Navajo: tsiighá bił dah sitání , tsiighá bił dah nátį́hí
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Norwegian:
Bokmål: hårnål m or f
Nynorsk: hårnål f
Polish: spinka do włosów (pl) f , spinka (pl) f
Portuguese: grampo (pt) m , gancho (pt) m ( Portugal )
Russian: шпи́лька (ru) f ( špílʹka ) , шпи́лька для воло́с f ( špílʹka dlja volós ) , зако́лка (ru) f ( zakólka ) ( для воло́с )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: укосница f
Roman: ùkosnica (sh) f
Spanish: horquilla (es) f , pinche (es) m
Swedish: hårnål (sv)
Tagalog: aguhilya
Thai: ปิ่น ( bpìn )
Ukrainian: шпилька для волосся ( špylʹka dlja volossja )
West Frisian: hierspjelde c
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